Obviously your IT Department’s backup strategy is going to be very different than this, but these instructions are perfect for your non-techie friends and family, and also for tech-savvy folks like me who run their company out of their homes. The article is written for non-techies, though techies won’t find it condescending either. :)

Jeremy updates this post every year since backup options and technologies are changing all the time.

And as Jeremy suggests: Print out a copy, and hand it to your parents. This will save you some panicky phone calls one day, I promise.

I highly, highly recommend this article. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and all that.